Ron Kampeas is the former Washington bureau chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Fast Forward Antony Blinken expects other countries to sign onto Abraham Accords
Other countries believed to be considering normalization with Israel include Oman and Saudi Arabia
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Fast Forward J Street to present Jimmy Carter with peacemaker award at its annual conference
(JTA) — J Street, the liberal pro-Israel group, is presenting Jimmy Carter with a peacemaker award at its conference, recognizing the former president, who has frequently tangled with the mainstream pro-Israel community, for brokering the 1979 Egypt-Israel peace. “By helping to broker the incredible Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt, President Carter demonstrated that…
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Fast Forward Biden administration says it has UNRWA’s commitment to ‘zero tolerance’ for anti-Semitism
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Days after resuming U.S. funding for the troubled U.N. agency that administers to Palestinian refugees and their descendants, the Biden administration says it has the commitment of UNRWA to “zero tolerance” for anti-Semitism, racism or discrimination. “UNWRA has made clear their rock-solid commitments to the United States on the issues of transparency,…
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Fast Forward Prince Philip, who opposed Nazis and was first British royal to visit Israel, dies at 99
(JTA) — Prince Philip, perhaps the closest member of the British royal family to Jews and Jewish causes, has died at 99. Buckingham Palace announced his death on Friday. Philip, who had been married to Queen Elizabeth II for 74 years, since five years before she ascended to the throne, had been in declining health…
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Fast Forward GOP lawmaker marks Holocaust remembrance day by likening child mental health bill to Nazi laws
(JTA) — Daniel Cox, a Maryland Republican in the state legislature, said he would mark Yom Hashoah, Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, by voting against a bill that would allow children to consent to mental health care. Cox said his mask had a picture from the Nuremberg trials printed on it, and compared the bill to…
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Fast Forward Elite US military language school drops Hebrew
(JTA) — The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, the U.S. military’s elite language school in Monterey, California, is dropping Hebrew from its roster of languages due to low demand. Natela Cutter, a spokeswoman for the institute, said Tuesday that the current class underway would be the last in Monterey, but the language would still…
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News The next major Jewish action is on behalf of Uighurs
(JTA) — When Rayhan Asat attended a Passover seder last month, its contours seemed familiar and different at once — especially the tradition of leaving a seat empty at the table. It reminded Asat, a lawyer, of leaving a seat empty for her brother, Ekpar, at her graduation from Harvard Law School in 2016. Ekpar,…
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Fast Forward Rabbi Michael Cook, who helped Jews navigate the New Testament, dies at 79
(JTA) — Rabbi Michael Cook, who identified and then fulfilled a need for Jewish rabbis to navigate a culture steeped in New Testament learning, has died. Cook died March 30 at 79, said a statement from Hebrew Union College that did not name a cause. Cook for decades taught a required course on the New…
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